India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asiahttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/en-usThu, 17 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0530Heavy rains, floods continue to batter Assam, West Bengal, Bihar; several dead, millions displacedhttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446375/heavy-rains-floods-continue-to-batter-assam-west-bengal-bihar-several-dead-millions-displaced/Heavy rains, inundation, and floods continue to wreak havoc in India, with the death toll rising in Assam, Bihar and West Bengal this week. Train and rail services of the Eastern Railway have also takenThu, 17 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446375/heavy-rains-floods-continue-to-batter-assam-west-bengal-bihar-several-dead-millions-displaced/At least 15 dead in floods in UP: Officialshttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446376/at-least-15-dead-in-floods-in-up-officials/A financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each would be given to their families. Eight persons have died due to floods in Bahraich over the past three days.
At least 15 people have died due to flooding inThu, 17 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446376/at-least-15-dead-in-floods-in-up-officials/Forty killed in landslide in eastern Congo, vice governor sayshttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446380/forty-killed-in-landslide-in-eastern-congo-vice-governor-says/KINSHASA (Reuters) - Forty people have been killed in a landslide in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Pacifique Keta, the vice governor of Ituri province, said on Thursday.
Seismic and volcanicThu, 17 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446380/forty-killed-in-landslide-in-eastern-congo-vice-governor-says/Hundreds of mudslide victims buried in Sierra Leone, search for hundreds missing goes onhttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446382/hundreds-of-mudslide-victims-buried-in-sierra-leone-search-for-hundreds-missing-goes-on/Burials began on Thursday for 300 people killed in Sierra Leone's mudslide while the search for hundreds of others missing..
In a ceremony attended by President Ernest Bai Koroma, wooden coffins wereThu, 17 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446382/hundreds-of-mudslide-victims-buried-in-sierra-leone-search-for-hundreds-missing-goes-on/Deepening drought hits Ethiopia herders as millions go hungryhttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446398/deepening-drought-hits-ethiopia-herders-as-millions-go-hungry/- Livestock are dying in parts of Ethiopia that are overwhelmingly reliant on their milk as deepening drought pushes up the number of districts in need of life-saving aid by 19 percent, according to aThu, 17 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446398/deepening-drought-hits-ethiopia-herders-as-millions-go-hungry/U.S. forecaster says 40 percent chance of cyclone east of Lesser Antilleshttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446297/us-forecaster-says-40-percent-chance-of-cyclone-east-of-lesser-antilles/(Reuters) - A low pressure system about 800 miles east of the Lesser Antilles has a 40 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday.Wed, 16 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446297/us-forecaster-says-40-percent-chance-of-cyclone-east-of-lesser-antilles/Facing risk of disease, Sierra Leone buries mudslide deadhttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446300/facing-risk-of-disease-sierra-leone-buries-mudslide-dead/Facing the threat of disease, Sierra Leone on Wednesday began burying hundreds of victims of a mudslide that swept away homes on the edge of the capital, one of Africa's worst flood disasters in livingWed, 16 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446300/facing-risk-of-disease-sierra-leone-buries-mudslide-dead/Flood toll rises to 72 in Bihar, 123 in Assamhttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446305/flood-toll-rises-to-72-in-bihar-123-in-assam/
Nitish Kumar undertakes aerial survey
The flood situation affecting 70 lakh people in Bihar’s 14 inundated northern districts continued to be grim on Wednesday, with the death toll up rising toWed, 16 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446305/flood-toll-rises-to-72-in-bihar-123-in-assam/Flooding affects an estimated 1.7 million people in Bangladeshhttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446307/flooding-affects-an-estimated-17-million-people-in-bangladesh/This is the second round of monsoon floods to hit the country this year. Affected communities require shelter, access to food and safe drinking water, as well as emergency medical services.August 16, 2017:Wed, 16 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446307/flooding-affects-an-estimated-17-million-people-in-bangladesh/Floods grim in 7 districts, Ganga &amp; Burhi Gandak still in spatehttp://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446313/floods-grim-in-7-districts-ganga-burhi-gandak-still-in-spate/Patna: The death toll in the floods in the state increased to 72, but the situation slightly eased on Wednesday. Water resources department officials claimed the rivers, except the Ganga and Burhi Gandak,Wed, 16 Aug 2017 18:30:00 +0530http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/446313/floods-grim-in-7-districts-ganga-burhi-gandak-still-in-spate/